Work
The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília
Explore in the Atlas →Classic anthropological critique of Brasília as realised CIAM utopia; documents the exclusion of the candangos into informal satellite cities and the 'death of the street'.
Settlement Power Collectivity
Details
- Type
- Text
- Location
- Brasília
Connections
- articulates The Functional City
Referenced by
- James Holston authored
Sources
- James Holston. The Modernist City. University of Chicago Press, 1989.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-the-modernist-city/. Accessed July 17, 2026.